AWARDS

The Razzies Actually Did Something Nice for Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Stewart

Here’s a surprise: the Razzies, Hollywood’s great awards-season equalizers, are actually offering actors a positive title this year. On Tuesday, the Golden Raspberry Foundation announced the nominees of its new category, the “Razzie Redeemer Award,” which offers previous Razzie winners a chance at redemption. . .from the voting body that once publicly outed them for uncomfortably bad performances, but still! This is progress, Razzies.

The organization nominated Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Mike Myers, Keanu Reeves, and Kristen Stewart on the grounds that they each received critical praise this year for film performances. (Affleck for Argo and Gone Girl, Aniston for Cake, Myers for Supermensch, Reeves for John Wick, and Stewart for Camp X-Ray.) When the winner of this inaugural category is announced on February 21, it will surely give that actor the consolation that his/her piles of money could not provide over the years since receiving the awards-season “F you.”

As for the rest of the nominations, Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film Age of Extinction received seven Razzie nods including worst picture, worst sequel, worst screenplay, and worst screen combo. Kelsey Grammer was presented a nomination in the supporting actor category for his work in four films (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Expendables 3, Legends of Oz, and Think Like a Man Too). Worst actor nominees include Razzie favorite Adam Sandler (Blended), Seth MacFarlane (A Million Ways To Die in the West), and Nicolas Cage (Left Behind). Meanwhile, worst actress nominees included Melissa McCarthy (Tammy), Cameron Diaz (The Other Woman and Sex Tape), and Drew Barrymore (Blended).

By our tally, three Oscar winners were nominated for Razzies this year: Susan Sarandon (Tammy), Charlize Theron (A Million Ways To Die in the West), Mel Gibson (Expendables 3). We still love you, guys.

As per Razzie tradition, the “winners” will be announced the night before the Academy Awards.